It takes a village to....

I’ve been pre-occupied with my new 3d printer, then with it stopping doing what it should and communicating with the supplier.

I figured I’d just put some work on the outside so I have something to show for all my work.

I washed the woodwork with a brown wash and drybrushed with a brown/grey mix. After this all the plaster got a coat of very light brown, stippled to off white in the center of each panel.

I painted the stone with a grey, mixed with a brown tone. After this I picked out individual stones with a grey mixed in with either a yellowish or reddish brown. I used model paints for this as it’s a bit more precise work and doesn’t require that much paint even on 4 houses.

After this I made a wash. Water, matt medium, some flow aid and a good quality ink. This costs me about 4 euro’s worth of matt medium and some drops of ink for what would be about 25-30 euro of pre-made wash.
I have plenty left in the container, but this stuff works fine on mini’s as well, even if I don’t need it for future scenery projects.

I washed the entire stonework, but it dripped off way too much. Happy I had put the models on pins so they didn’t spend the night soaking in pools of brown. I cleaned my work area and washed each side in turn. letting it dry in each in turn as well. This did the trick and I gave the stone a drybrush of grey/bone.

I then made a wash of green/brown ink and weathered the outside. Painting it on the inside of each panel, letting it flow a bit and rubbing it away with my thumb if it got too much.
The last stage was painting the metal working. This still needs highlighting and shading.
I also used a grey brush/pen thing I got at the art store to increase the contrast between the planks of the doors and windows.

Apart from the metal, the outside is mostly done. I’m going to add some moss/greenery and maybe a bit more targeted weathering.
Now to get that printer sorted out. Might need to do another project in the meantime. It’s already februari and I didn’t finish one model yet.